Obama Reports on Asia Trip as GOP Hits Health Bill Effort
- By John Stanton
- Roll Call Staff
- Nov. 21, 2009, 6 a.m.
President Barack Obama used his Saturday radio address to defend his just-completed trip to Asia, arguing the visit will help “open a new era of American engagement” that will boost domestic efforts to right the economy. But Sen. Mike Crapo (Idaho), in the GOP response, continued the Republican assault on Democratic health care reform plans, charging that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) legislation “will result in higher premiums and higher health care costs for Americans — period.”
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